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20/04/2015
Body Found Following House Fire
An investigation has launched into a fatal house fire in Bottesford in Leicestershire.
Emergency services were called out to reports of a house fire in Grantham Road at about 13.50 on Sunday.
Firefighters subsequently found a body inside the building. Police are working to established the identity of the victim, the cause of death and the cause of the fire.
(MH/CD)
Emergency services were called out to reports of a house fire in Grantham Road at about 13.50 on Sunday.
Firefighters subsequently found a body inside the building. Police are working to established the identity of the victim, the cause of death and the cause of the fire.
(MH/CD)
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